Updated August 16, 2023 by the ABC11 Data Team

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Aggravated Assaults
Last 12 months
1,211
 Through August 12

Average Aggravated Assaults
2020 to 2022
1,415

Yearly average

Aggravated Assault Rate
Last 12 months
424

Per 100,000 people

Average Aggravated Assault Rate
2020 to 2022
496

Per 100,000 people


Aggravated assaults over the last 12 months are down 14% compared to the annual average over the last three years, according to the latest data available from the Durham Police Department.

The city averaged 23 aggravated assaults a week over the last 12 months. In 2019, that number was 24 a week.

The totals include only aggravated assaults, which police generally define as someone being attacked or seriously injured by another person, whether or not they used a firearm or other weapon.

A closer look at Durham aggravated assaults neighborhood by neighborhood

The danger is not the same neighborhood to neighborhood. ABC11’s data team looked at the Durham Police Department’s data by neighborhood from 2019 through August 12, 2023.

The map color-codes each neighborhood by the aggravated assault rate over the last 12 months. The three darker blues represent neighborhoods with aggravated assault rates that are higher than the citywide rate. You can also click the box in the bottom right corner to see neighborhoods by the number of aggravated assaults.

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